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Justin C. Caesar Mr. Delaware State University Wins Mr. HBCU Pageant – Crowned Mr. HBCU 2012 – 2013 More information coming soon.

The Southern University System Foundation has received more than $1 million in a gift from the James and Ruth Smith Trust. The endowment, the largest bequest in the University’s history, includes assets and property from the estate of the late James David Smith and the late Ruth Johnson Smith of Santa Barbara, California, both of whom were Southern University graduates. [...]

Fundraising is on the rise at Alabama A&M University, and the school has already exceeded its financial goal for a gala set for April. In a presentation to the research, development and technology committee of the school’s board of trustees last week, Vice President Wendy Kobler said the school has raised more than $804,000 since Oct. 1. That puts Alabama [...]

Comedian Bill Cosby is the nation’s elder statesman, kind of a comic emeritus. And yes, the man is still funny. He’s heading down to Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama this weekend to headline two “An Evening With Bill Cosby” concerts on Friday, Feb. 17 that will raise tuition funds for approximately 100 college students at the school. Cosby has long [...]

Ask most high school students to name their hobbies, and public speaking is not likely to be among them. In fact, it ranks among many people’s biggest fears.  But some very outgoing students at Howard School of Academics and Technology actually enjoy the art of debate, and it’s winning them national acclaim. Teacher Mason West is preparing his Howard debate [...]

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance will co-present the Morehouse College Glee Club, as it celebrates its monumental 100th Anniversary season. The Morehouse College Glee Club and the renowned Morehouse College Glee Club Quartet will make its Harris Theater debut on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 7:30 pm with “the stirring and soulful performances that have earned the ensembles a reputation for excellence.” Under the direction of Dr. David [...]

It’s a bird… It’s a plane… No, it’s the 160-foot African Renaissance Monument located in Dakar, Senegal. To the naked eye, the striking bronze monument stands perched high on a hill, gazing into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.  The monument depicts a muscular man in a heroic position accompanied with his wife in one arm and child in the [...]

The department of mass communication at Grambling State University is in rarefied company, being the smallest program in the country selected for the $50,000 Reynolds Foundation Visiting Business Journalism Professor Program grant. The grant proposal was submitted by Martin Edu, chairman of the department. Other journalism programs whose grant proposals were also selected included Colorado State University, Texas Christian University [...]

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Alabama A&M University is taking aggressive steps to make sure a sharp drop in enrollment doesn’t repeat itself in the fall. Venita King, assistant vice president of enrollment management, said in a detailed presentation to the school’s board of trustees student affairs committee Friday that Alabama A&M is receiving favorable responses from prospective students. Alabama A&M is [...]

This February 24, HRC is partnering with the National Black Justice Coalitionand National Gay and Lesbian Task Force to host 100 HBCU students and leaders at the White House to celebrate Black History Month.  The White House Briefing for Black LGBT Emerging Leaders will gather students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the nation to openly share their experiences [...]

What would the yard be like without those pretty girls who rock 20 pearls? Well, that’s the question the campus of Johnson C. Smith University has been asking , while getting accustomed to the Gamma Delta chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. not being on the yard for almost five years. All that changed recently, as the campus welcomed [...]

Two students from Howard University have been awarded Luard Scholarships from the English-Speaking Union of the United States. The scholarships offer tuition and expenses for study abroad at one of 18 British universities. The scholarships are awarded to students attending Hampton University, Howard University or another HBCU affiliated with the University Negro College Fund. Since the 1969-70 academic year, 69 [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida A&M University (FAMU) has been named one of the Top 15 most popular national universities in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.  FAMU is the only historically black college or university that is ranked in the Top 15 with other Ivy League universities such as Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton.  [...]

John S. Wilson Jr., executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, will address the President’s Board of Advisors on Tuesday, Feb. 7 to relay the year’s report and give updates on the Initiative. Wilson will also lead the board in drafting a report on the results of participation in HBCU programs. The President’s Board [...]

Forget Cam Newton. David Six has come up with an even more unusual way to dupe the NCAA and keep point guard and team leader Jericka Jenkins at Hampton University past her senior season. “You didn’t hear? Jericka’s not leaving,” Six said. “We found a loophole in the NCAA that allowed her to stay for one more year — the [...]

The Central Virginia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® awarded the VSU Student Health Center a second $50,000 grant to continue funding its PEAM (prevention, education, access, and mammograms) breast cancer awareness and prevention program to the VSU campus community and the greater Petersburg community.  The grant funding period begins February 1, 2012 and ends January 31, 2013. [...]

Dear HBCU Family, Deeply rooted in the black community, and the leading source of news for the HBCU community, HBCU Buzz has expanded its portfolio in support of President Barack Obama for his re-election in the 2012 President Election through the HBCUs for Obama initiative. The young minority population was instrumental in Obama’s 2008 election victory, and, specifically, the young [...]

Teachers and educators from across the United States and beyond received an opportunity to deepen their understanding of multicultural education on Wednesday, Jan. 18, when Central State University’s Institute of Urban Education held its ninth annual National Urban Education Conference. The annual event began in 2003 and was envisioned as a conference that would address the issues facing students in [...]